Become Who You Are: Kerry Candaele at TEDxPurdueU 2014

Kerry Candaele was born in Vancouver, Canada and grew up in Lompoc, a small town on California's central coast. He has produced and directed several documentaries. His production credits include "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price", and "Iraq For Sale for Brave New Films". He has also collaborated with his brother on the documentary, "A League of Their Own", about their mother's experience in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. This documentary was later turned into a blockbuster hit by Columbia Pictures with the same title starring Tom Hanks, Madonna, and Geena Davis. His latest film is "Following the Ninth: In The Footsteps of Beethoven's Final Symphony", which follows the impact of the Ninth across the globe. www.followingtheninth.com

B.S., English, California State University, Chico
B.A., Literature, California State University, Chico
M.A., European History, University of California, Santa Barbara
M.Phil., U.S. History, Columbia University

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